Venezuelan national nabbed with cocaine in makeshift camp

Thirty-two-year-old Angel Ramirez also known as “Habibi,” a Venezuelan national was Thursday nabbed with a quantity of cocaine in a makeshift camp at Retreat Village, East Bank Essequibo (EBE).
Police stated that acting on information received, ranks travelled to the area and as they approached the camp, they observed the suspect disposing of an object.

The object – a white sock- was retrieved and upon inspection, a white container with three silver wrappers with cocaine, five transparent plastic bags also with cocaine, and several zip-lock bags containing several pills suspected to be ‘Molly’ were discovered. In addition, $13,000 were found in the sock.
Ramirez was arrested and taken to the Parika Police Station where the cocaine was weighed and amounted to 5.1 grams. The Molly also weighed 1.5 grams. Investigations are ongoing.